Use GenAI as your personal learner engagement analytics expert Harness the student data in your virtual learning environment with a few choice prompts for GenAIStephen BuckinghamQueen Mary University of London
Not faster but fairer: tame ‘techno-solutionism’ to build inclusive futures with AIUniversity leaders and academics must resist an open-armed embrace of AI and ask tough questions about who, really, is benefitting from its use in order to shape an inclusive future, writes Chie AdachiChie AdachiQueen Mary University of London
Campus talks: the role of universities as bastions of free speech and open debate in polarised timesAn expert in constructive dialogue and a free speech campaigner explain how universities can nurture productive disagreement and uphold the principles of free speech and academic freedom in the face of growing polarisationCaroline Mehl, Abhishek Saha Constructive Dialogue Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Better together? The secret to successful collaborative arts and humanities PhD researchInsights into managing collaborative relationships in arts and humanities PhD research, based on Alastair Owens’ extensive experience with museums and doctoral studentsAlastair OwensQueen Mary University of London
How to train PhD JediTraining PhD students is less about supervision and more about empowerment. By fostering independence, creativity and diversity, supervisors can nurture the next generation of scientific leaders Lars ChittkaQueen Mary University of London
Empower students as co-creators in sustainability educationCo-creation in education for sustainable development empowers students to shape meaningful projects, build practical skills and drive institutional change, as demonstrated by a collaborative initiative between two London-based institutions Multiple authorsUCL, Queen Mary University of London
Institutions must work together to build innovative curricula Collaboration across institutions can drive real curriculum innovation. This guide shares lessons from two east London-based institutions on building partnerships for sustainability and community-based learningStephanie Fuller, Rehan Shah, Anne PrestonUCL, Queen Mary University of London
‘I’ve been a research supervisor for 35 years and I’m still learning’ How can we supervise our PhD students to give them the best chance of success? Here are seven tips to keep in mind when taking on the roleKimberly HutchingsQueen Mary University of London
Four tips for setting up a fast-track accountancy degree programme The Flying Start programme helps students from lower socio-economic backgrounds get started on their accounting careers. Here’s four things to remember when setting up your own alternative degree pathway Ishani Chandrasekara Queen Mary University of London
The Verbatim Formula: using creative arts for collaborative research Find out how performance practices can support participatory research centred around emotionally charged lived experiencesSylvan Baker, Maggie InchleyThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Queen Mary University of London
Swift or Shakespeare? How to reframe internet ephemera as a text in the literature classroomTeaching Taylor Swift as literature required Clio Doyle and her students to engage with online media as an analytical text. Here, she offers advice on interpreting TikTok, Tumblr and the Buzzfeed quizClio DoyleQueen Mary University of London
How to foster PhD excellenceHow can PhD supervisors help early career researchers blossom? Support them with finding funding opportunities, understand each doctoral candidate’s motivations and reach out to your own network, suggests Julia HörnleJulia HörnleQueen Mary University of London
Is it time to rethink social mobility discourse and the meaning of ‘success’?We must remember that while social mobility is a valuable goal, it’s not one with which all students are willing or able to conform, say Louise Ashley and William Monteith Louise Ashley, William Monteith Queen Mary University of London
How to revitalise student knowledge exchange with local communitiesHow co-creating an ‘umbrella’ programme can help institutions innovate student knowledge exchange and improve engagement with local communities and businesses, a team from Queen Mary University of London explainPatrick McGurk, Joanne Zhang, Fezzan Ahmed, Olivia ReidQueen Mary University of London
Enhance your research through public engagement and collaboration How can academics shape research around mutually beneficial public engagement and collaboration? Emily Burns outlines the key considerations Emily BurnsQueen Mary University of London
